Andrew

Cotton

Energy and Renewables
Infrastructure
Insurance
Technology
Transactions

I’ve worked with Andrew Cotton and was surprised how proactively and confidently he steered the assignment to the client’s benefit.

LEGAL 500

Andrew

Cotton

Andrew Cotton specialises in cross-border M&A and corporate and commercial law with a particular focus on technology and energy and infrastructure transactions and projects. He also advises clients on the acquisition, financing and execution of renewable energy projects.

Andrew has long-standing experience in advising overseas investors, funds and strategic buyers on their investment into and acquisition of Finnish targets. In recent years, Andrew has been particularly active in advising international insurers on the underwriting of Warranty & Indemnity insurance in respect of Finnish transactions.

Andrew is a qualified Finnish attorney-at-law, and also a qualified English solicitor. He qualified as an English solicitor in the Supreme Court of England and Wales in 2001 after graduating from the University of Nottingham and passing his professional exams at the College of Law in Guildford, UK.

ENGLISH
MEMBER OF THE FINNISH BAR, SOLICITOR OF THE SUPREME COURT OF ENGLAND & WALES, LL.B (NOTTINGHAM)
CHAMBERS GLOBAL, LEGAL 500, IFLR1000

Area of ​​Expertise and Teams

Energy and Renewables

HPP’s Energy team is widely-acknowledged as one of the leading teams advising clients in the energy sector on their Finnish legal issues. Our lawyers advise on assignments at the cutting edge of the fast-changing Finnish energy market, advising both domestic players and international clients on the legal aspects of planning and executing Finnish renewable energy projects and investments in the current regulatory climate across the whole spectrum of generation, from wind, solar to biomass to nuclear as well as advising on issues arising from the distribution, sale and trading of power in the Nordic region, including corporate Power Purchase Agreements.

Infrastructure

HPP has significant and long experience of advising clients on large-scale, high value and challenging infrastructure projects, having advised on a number of the highest value infrastructure projects ever executed in Finland. Our experience includes infrastructure projects in sectors including mining and extraction, construction, harbours and ports, roads and airport terminals.

Insurance

Our insurance law experts advise both domestic and international clients in the insurance sector on their operational legal issues as well as claims and disputes arising from their branch of insurance.

Technology

HPP’s technology team is one of the most reputable technology teams in private practice in Finland with long and varied experience in advising on technology assignments of all types and sizes. The HPP technology team is the largest in Finland and consists of a dedicated team of lawyers who only focus on technology projects and transactions including giving commercial, IPR and GDPR advice relating to technology.

Transactions

HPP has extensive experience in advising on corporate transactions, including private and public M&A, joint ventures, mergers and demergers, spin-offs and group restructurings, share swaps and business divestments. Our M&A team is regularly engaged on both sell-side and buy-side mandates, both domestic and involving cross border aspects, advising strategic buyers, industrials and private equity funds as well as corporate finance advisers on the execution of Finnish M&A deals.

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